Covering for display-forms.



1. LE R. BURR.

COVERING FOR DISPLAY FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14. 1910.

Patented J une 1, 1915.

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JASON LE ROY BUBR, 01E GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE GLOVERS- VILLE SILK MILLS, F GLOVEBSVILLE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COVERING FOR DISPLAY-FORMS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jason LE ROY BURR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloversville, county of Fulton, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coverings for Dis- FLO play-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

V The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in side elevation of a shoe-display form or tree provided with my improved covering. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

In displaying for sale various articles of wearing apparel, the articles are placed upon forms which are only partly covered by the articles. Various expedients have been adopted to render attractive to the eye the parts of such forms which in use are not covered by the article, and are therefore exposed to view.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an attractive covering for such display-forms which can be readily applied to or removed from the form, and which can be self-retained on the form.

I have shown in the drawings my invention in its preferred application to a shoedisplay form or tree.

Referring to the drawings, 1, represents the shoe-form or tree shown as a hollow structure. The covering for the form is made of two pieces, 2 and 3, of a fabric which is highly elastic in one direction and comparatively inelastic in a direction at right angles thereto, and the two pieces, 2 and 3, of fabric are stitched together along a line, 4, with the longitudinal lines of one piece offabric at right angles to the longitudinal lines of the other piece. Each of the pieces, 2 and 3, of fabric is made in the form of a pocket to receive one end of the'tree. The piece, 3, is thus formed into a pocket by folding back the fabric upon itself and stitching together along the sides the two Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

pieces thus formed, as shown at 5. The piece of fabric, 2, is formed into a pocket by folding the fabric upon itself and stitching together, as at 6, the side-edges of the fabric along the underside and heel-portion of the pocket, the seam so formed extending substantially from the point, 7, to the point, 8, at which point, 8, the lower portion of the heel-pocket terminates, the piece of fabric, 2, having a strip or tongue, 9, extending forward along the upper side of the tree to connect with the piece, 3, at the seam, 4, thus leaving an opening in the bottom of the covering between the heel-pocket and the toepocket adapted to permit the insertion and removal of the tree.

In applying the covering to the tree, the heel-portion of the tree is forced into the heel-pocket, the fabric, 2, of which is arranged with its lines of greatest elasticity running transversely of the tree, and the covering is adapted to be self-retained upon the tree by drawing the toe-pocket formed by the piece, 3, over the toe of the tree, in doing which the fabric has to be stretched more or less longitudinally of the tree. To facilitate thus stretching the fabric, the piece, 3, is cut with its lines of greatest elasticity running longitudinally of the tree or at right angles to those of the piece of fabric, 2.

The covering can be removed from the tree by pulling the toe-portion free from the toe of the tree, and then slipping the covering off over the heel-portion of the tree.

For certain purposes of the invention any fabric having sufficient elasticity to permit of its being stretched upon the form and self-retained thereon may be employed, but

I prefer fabric highly elastic in one direction and comparatively inelastic in a direction at right angles thereto, and also prefer to arrange the fabric for covering the heeland-instep-portion of the tree so that its lines of greatest elasticity will extend transversely of the tree. A covering made as described can be so fitted to the form as to be stretched thereover and practically free from wrinkles. By employing for this purpose a fine woven fabric such as the elastic silk fabrics used in the manufacture of ladies gloves, the portion of the form which is exposed to View in use is given a neat and rich appearance, which contributes materially to the pleasing and effective display of the goods. I am thus able to provide said display-forms with a suitable covering without the use of tacks or glue.

It is particularly desirable in a covering for a shoe-display form that the fabric should be highly elastic transversely of the form, in order to conform closely to the ankle and instep portion of the form without forming plaits in the fabric; but when a fabric sufliciently elastic transversely of the form is employed, it will not be found to have suflicient elasticity longitudinally of the form to permit the means whereby it is connected with the toe-portion of the form to be drawn over said toe-portion to engage therewith.

In the preferred application of my inven tion to the covering for a shoe-display form, I, therefore, connect with the body of the covering which is highly expansible transversely of the form a piece of fabric highly elastic longitudinally of the form, and havto receive the form, and a toe-piece of fabric highly elastic, longitudinally of the form and comparatively inelastic transversely of the form and connected with said body-por-' tion, and covering the toe-portion of the form.

2. A covering for display-forms made of two pieces of fabric stitched together, one of said pieces of fabric forming a pocket to receive one end of the form, and being more highly elastic transversely of, than longitudinally of, said form, and the other piece of fabric forming a pocket for the other end of the form, and being more highly elastic longitudinally of, than transversely of, the form.

3. A covering for display forms comprising a piece of fabric elastic in one direction and comparatively inelastic in a direction at right angles thereto, a second piece of fabric elastic in one direction and comparatively inelastic in a direction at right angles thereto and secured to the first piece of fab-' ric with the lines of elasticity thereof at right angles to the lines of elasticity of the first piece, said pieces being adapted to cover opposite ends of the form whereby the covering is self-retained thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of October, 1910.

JASON LE ROY BURR. Witnesses:

N. C. KEAN, M. S. BROWNELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 01' Patents,

Washington, D. G'. V 

